At a meeting of local business leaders in Birmingham, Alabama head coach Nick Saban addressed the impact of name, inage and likness rights on recruiting, and in the process claimed that Texas A&M “bought every player on their team.”
“I mean, we were second in recruiting last year. A&M was first. A&M bought every player on their team — made a deal for name, image, likeness.”
Saban continued to question the long-term viability of the NIL model. “That’s not what it was supposed to be. That’s what it’s become. And that’s the problem in college athletics right now. Now every player is saying, ‘Well, what am I going to get?”
